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San Francisco Bond Issues Would Boost
Funding for New Solar Power Capacity

By

Jim Carlton Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Nov. 6, 2001 11:59 p.m. ET

SAN FRANCISCO -- This city famous for fog may soon get noticed for its sun, too.

San Francisco voters are expected to pass two bond propositions Tuesday that could, eventually, almost double the country's capacity for sun-driven electricity. The measures would finance up to 20 megawatts of new solar power capacity in the city initially, and as much as another 50 megawatts over the next three years. Total U.S. solar production now...